Bookshelf v8.1/8.2: Industry XML Converter

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Industry XML Converter

The Industry XML Converter supports the generic syntax and rules requirements of the general industry XML standard. It converts the data from Siebel external integration object hierarchy to XML hierarchy that conforms to DTD specifications. For example, it generates certain authentication parameters for the XML message, and also generates and detects the fault sections in an XML message for extended converters to manipulate. Table 12 lists all the user properties for this converter.

Table 12. Industry XML Converter User Properties
Name	Value	Description
EscapeNames	true or false	If set to true, the converter replaces illegal XML name characters with escape characters. Otherwise, it will ignore illegal XML name characters. The default value is true.
HierarchyFormat	XML Hierarchy	Format of the property set input or output. Internal use only.
XMLEnvIntObjectName	<integration object name>	Name of an integration object that defines the content and hierarchy for the envelope and header section of any industry XML standards.

This service provides several ready-to-use-methods as described in Table 13.

Table 13. Industry XML Converter Methods
Methods	Display Name	Description
PropSetToXML	PropSetToXML	Converts an integration object hierarchy to XML string.
PropSetToXMLPropSet	PropSetToXMLPropSet	Converts an integration object hierarchy to XML hierarchy.
XMLToPropSet	XMLToPropSet	Converts an XML string to an integration object hierarchy.
XMLPropSetToPropSet	XMLPropSetToPropSet	Converts an XML hierarchy to an integration object hierarchy.

For each method defined the Industry XML Converter business service takes input arguments and produces output arguments. These arguments are described in Table 14.

Table 14. Industry XML Converter Method Arguments
Method Argument	Default	Description
XML Document	N/A	XML document streams.
Escape Names	true	Escape characters, invalid XML characters, to be removed or not.
Ignore Character Set Conversion Errors	false	If some characters cannot be represented in the destination character set, for example, local codepage, the errors can be ignored.
XML Character Encoding	N/A	XML character encoding to use in the output XML document. If encoding is blank or not supported, errors will be produced.
XML Header Text	N/A	Text to preappend to the XML document.
XML Hierarchy	N/A	Property Set in external integration object or XML hierarchy.
External Entity Directory	N/A	Location of an external entity file, such as a DTD file.
Validate External Entity	false	If true, the XML parser will validate the document according to the DTD specified in the <DocType> element.
Truncate Field Values	true	truncate field values.
Contains Inline Attachments	true	Indicates the message contains attachment documents.

Each Industry XML Converter method uses groups of these method arguments to convert the data for the next service in the integration process. Table 15 through Table 18 display the method arguments for each method.

Table 15. Method Arguments for PropSetToXML Method
Name	Display Name	Data Type	Type	Optional
<Value>	XML Document	String	Output	Yes
EscapeName	Escape Name	String	Input	Yes
IgnoreCharSetConvErrors	Ignore Character String Set Conversion Errors	String	Input	Yes
XMLCharEncoding	XML Character Encoding	String	Input	Yes
XMLHeaderText	XML Header Text	String	Input	Yes
XMLHierarchy	XML Hierarchy	Hierarchy	Input	No

Table 16. Method Argument for PropSetToXMLPropSet Method
Name	Display Name	Data Type	Type	Optional
XMLHierarchy	XML Hierarchy	Hierarchy	Input/Output	No

Table 17. Method Arguments for XMLToPropSet Method
Name	Display Name	Data Type	Type	Optional
<Value>	XML Document	String	Input	No
EscapeName	Escape Name	String	Input	Yes
ExternalEntityDirectory	External Entity Directory	String	Input	Yes
IgnoreCharSetConvErrors	Ignore Character String Set Conversion Errors	String	Input	Yes
ValidateExternalEntity	Validate External Entity	String	Input	Yes
XMLCharEncoding	XML Character Encoding	String	Output	Yes
XMLHierarchy	XML Hierarchy	Hierarchy	Output	Yes

Table 18. Method Arguments for XMLPropSetToPropSet Method
Name	Default Display Name	Data Type	Type	Optional
ContainsInlineAttachments	Contains Inline Attachments	String	Input	Yes
TruncateFieldValues	Truncate Field Values	String	Input	Yes
XMLHierarchy	XML Hierarchy	Hierarchy	Input/Ouput	No

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